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<p>A response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 12 July is below and attached.</p><p>
</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>The Earl of Leicester<br>House
of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>18 July 2022</p><p>Dear Lord Leicester,<br>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding
to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of how many (1)
vacancies, and (2) roles, there were in the farming sector, in each month of 2022
(HL1696). The Office for National Statistics produces statistics on both vacancies
and jobs in our Vacancies and Jobs statistical publication[1]. Within this publication,
estimates of both vacancies[2] and jobs[3] are produced by industry, according to
the Standard Industrial Classification 2007. Within the classification, the closest
industry to “farming” would be Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. With the data available,
unfortunately it is not possible to provide estimates of the number of vacancies held
by agricultural businesses. This is because the vacancy survey excludes businesses
within the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industry, owing to the disproportionate
costs involved as the industry mainly consists of very small businesses with few vacancies.
We are however exploring the use of online job advert data to provide better insights
into labour demand by occupation, and we are hoping to publish these insights later
this year.</p><p>Statistics on jobs are published on a quarterly basis and for agriculture,
forestry and fishing are based on estimates of first and second jobs, either as employees
or as self-employed, as measured by our Labour Force Survey[4]. As it is a survey
of people within private households, it is based on respondents correctly classifying
themselves within the right industry. Our most recent publication in June covered
data up to March 2022 when we estimate there to have been 329,000 jobs within the
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industry[5]. This represented a fall of 13,000 from
the previous period (December 2021), and a fall of 79,000 when compared with its pre-pandemic
level in December 2019.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p>1
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/jobsandvacanciesintheuk/latest<br>2
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02<br>3
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/workforcejobsbyindustryjobs02<br>4
https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/informationforhouseholdsandindividuals/householdandindividualsurveys/labourforcesurvey<br>5
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics</p><p>
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